AUDIT AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with
Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
REFRESH - Request for Supply Arrangements (RFSA)

PROFESSIONAL AUDIT SUPPORT SERVICES

NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT (NPP)

Buyer ID: 006ZQ

SOLICITATION NO.:	  	E60ZG-060004/G
CONTRACTING AUTHORITY:	Philip de Leon
TELEPHONE NO.:  			(819) 956-6489
FAX NO.:				(819) 997-2229
E-MAIL
ADDRESS:			SPSVAAautorite.PASSSAAuthority@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca

THIS AMENDMENT TO THE RFSA IS RAISED TO:

2) Update Supply Arrangement Authority contact information.
3) Update the quarterly evaluation schedule in the NPP


BACKGROUND

This Refresh Request for Supply Arrangement ("RFSA") will allow
new interested suppliers to qualify under one or more service
streams and become pre-qualified suppliers under the
Professional Audit Support Services (PASS) Supply Arrangement,
and to allow current pre-qualified suppliers to submit an
arrangement on additional service streams.

Period and estimated value of the resulting SAs:
The Supply Arrangements will commence on the date of their
issuance and have no defined end-date and will remain valid
until such time as Canada no longer considers it to be
advantageous to do so. As the specific requirements to be
competed for under the resulting SAs will be defined only in the
future, the volume and value of future requirements are unknown
at this time. 


PERMANENT NOTICE
This is the permanent notice for the duration of the PASS SA
Period.

This RFSA will solicit:
(1) new suppliers to qualify for the provision of the PASS; and,
(2) existing pre-qualified suppliers to qualify for those
additional Streams for which they are not yet qualified.

Due to the resources required to evaluate the arrangements,
Canada has reserved the right to conduct the evaluation of 
arrangements in cycles, no less than quarterly. The schedule
below outlines the closing dates for each quarterly evaluation.
Arrangements received after the dates listed below will fall
into the next quarterly evaluation schedule.
Fiscal Year 2012/2013 
Quarter 1 (Apr 01 to Jun 30): Closing Date - Jun 30; Evaluation
Period - Jul 01 to Sep 29
Quarter 2 (Jul 01 to Sep 30): Closing Date - Sep 30; Evaluation
Period - Oct 01 to Dec 27
Quarter 3 (Oct 01 to Dec 31): Closing Date - Dec 28; Evaluation
Period - Jan 01 to Mar 28
Quarter 4 (Jan 01 to Mar 31): Closing Date - Mar 29; Evaluation
Period - Apr 01 to Jun 27

Fiscal Year 2013/2014 
Quarter 1: Closing Date - Jun 28; Evaluation Period - Jul 01 to
Sep 29
Quarter 2: Closing Date - Sep 30; Evaluation Period - Oct 01 to
Dec 29
Quarter 3: Closing Date - Dec 30; Evaluation Period - Jan 01 to
Mar 30
Quarter 4: Closing Date - Mar 31; Evaluation Period - Apr 01 to
Jun 27

Fiscal Year 2014/2015 
Quarter 1: Closing Date - Jun 30; Evaluation Period - Jul 01 to
Sep 29
Quarter 2: Closing Date - Sep 30; Evaluation Period - Oct 01 to
Dec 29

The SA will be in use until such time as Canada no longer deems
it to be advantageous to do so. 


DESCRIPTION
	 
PWGSC has put in place a Supply Arrangement Method of Supply
that supports the provisions of the Government of Canada's
Policy on Internal Audit and/or Internal Control. The Audit and
Related Support Services will be acquired on an "as and when
requested" basis by Federal Government Departments, Agencies and
Crown Corporations, in support of their various programs,
initiatives, operations and projects. The Supply Arrangements
will cover services in the following eight (8) service streams:

Stream 1: Internal Audit Services; 
Stream 2: Practice Inspections;
Stream 3: Information Technology and Systems Audits; 
Stream 4: Forensic Audits; 
Stream 5: External Audit; 
Stream 6: Financial and Accounting Services; 
Stream 7: Internal Control Training; and
Stream 8: Recipient/Contribution Agreements Audits

A Supply Arrangement allows Canada to solicit bids from a pool
of pre-qualified suppliers. The
intent is to establish a framework for the expeditious
processing of individual solicitations which
result in legally binding contracts for the services defined in
individual solicitations that fall
within the scope of the supply arrangement. Only suppliers who
are qualified suppliers (SA suppliers) at the time of individual
solicitations are issued will be eligible to compete or to be
awarded sole source contracts as described in this RFSA.

For full details on PASS including qualification and
requirements, refer to RFSA E60ZG-060004/G.
Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any
procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.


CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

Philip de Leon
Supply Team Leader
Professional Services Procurement Directorate
Services and Technology Acquisition Management Sector
Acquisitions Branch, PWGSC
Place du Portage, Phase III, 11C1
11 Laurier Street
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 0S5

Telephone:  (819) 956-6489
Fax:             (819) 997-2229
E-mail address: SPSVAAautorite.PASSSAAuthority@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca
Delivery Date: 30/03/2012

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any
procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.